America’s sweetheart is going to play mean: Julia Roberts is in talks to play the Evil Queen in Disney’s

The Brothers Grimm: Snow White

.

Roberts was reportedly the first choice for director Tarsem Singh, best known for directing

The Cell

.

While Roberts usually stars in lighter movie fare, the classic Brothers Grimm tale will be a darker themed version than Disney fans are used to. It will also be shot in 3-D, according to the movie’s producer, Brett Ratner.

“It’s a classic story. You know, Walt Disney made the best movie ever made, so it’s not easy,” he told

MTV News

. “But it’s a fantastic script — we go back to the original folklore. The original source material is much edgier.”

With Kristen Stewart tapped to play Snow White in a rival Snow White film from Universal Pictures titled

Snow White and the Huntsman

, it will be interesting to see which pretty woman tops the box office.